I think it's good to not think of what is a Role Playing Game, but rather what is the difference between an Adventure game and an RPG?
Why is Zelda still called an RPG? I don't think it is... using that logic couldn't ---
Could Banjo Kazooie be considered an RPG, it has character development, it has stats building (air and honeycombs).
Could then Metroid Prime game be considered an FPS RPG? Does it not follow a similar line to Morrowind, but just in the future with Metroids?
I think the RPG genre classification is thrown about to lightly these days... I don't think Zelda is so much of an RPG any more and that it is more of an adventure.
For me to consider RPG I think that the game should contain deep long story, stats building, character development (stats, story, powers, abilities etc). JRPG's are my favourite genre out of them all.
